Homeschool Update and thoughts!

Homeschooling has been one of the hardest yet most rewarding things for me. I don't talk about it much because in the day-to-day moments there are a lot of down moments and trying times. It can be discouraging to hear all of the negatives. But it is the moments when you see the growth in your kids and family that you forget all those negatives and you celebrate the positives.

S is back up to speed and then some education-wise and gave a speech like none other for her black belt that made us more proud than ever!

U has found a love for hands on learning and loves to build and perform experiments. He is so inquisitive and gets so focused when he is able to do something with his hands.

L's medical issues all seem to have disappeared. God is so good!!!!!! She is also excelling in math. She has a love for God and a passion for worshipping Him. It is so beautiful.

I have become more flexible than ever. It has been a stretch but a welcomed one. I have really gotten to see and identify the holes they had in their learning and fill those in. I have learned that it's ok for something to not be done right now and how important delegation is. The kids have picked up chores and it is helping out a ton!

We have saw God provide for us in the hardest of times financially many times over. Since Jeff wasn't working much, we got to spend more time together as a family. We have enjoyed many field trips and loved the flexibility to do so while everyone else was in school. 😄

Some struggles we have had:
It is a battle to keep the kids focused all the time and to keep their hands and feet to themselves, but we still have 3 living kids that are healthy and thriving!

It is a constant battle trying to make space for them, for me, and for everything else that needs to be done in a day, but it always evens out and then some.

We are on our 6th time (maybe more) of switching curriculum. We have to constantly switch it up because it just doesn't always work the way we thought it was going to or they don't like it and thankfully we have the freedom to do so (Flexibility 😉).

Electronics are not our friend right now. We have lost 1 laptop, have 1 on the fritz and another that they have split the cord on all in the past week. Needless to say, we are taking a break from electronics for a while.

So while I could have sat and focused each day on the rough times and how hard it was (believe me it is), it is so much better to look back over the past 14 months and think of what a journey it has been and thank God for all of His provision through this. He has grown us all individually and as a family and I wouldn't trade it for anything. It isn't easy but that's ok because I can handle it with His strength. He is just preparing us for what is to come.